FENDER SILVERFACE VIBROSONIC REVERB

Model/Circuit Number:
Years of Production:
1972 - 1981
Era: Silverface
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Silver, forward facing w/ blue labels
Knobs: Black Skirted w/ Chrome Center, Numbered 1 - 10
Faceplate

  • Front: Normal: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Mid, Bass - Vibrato: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass, Rev, Speed, Intensity - Master Vol - Pilot Lamp
  • Rear: AC Outlet, Ground Sw, Fuse (2½A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker Jack, Ex. Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack, Reverb Jack, Reverb Out, Reverb In

Cabinet

Covering Material

Logo: Grill Mounted, Raised, Chrome & Black Script
Weight: 85 lbs.
Speaker

  • Size: 1 x 15
  • Impedance: 8 ohms
  • Model: Fender PS-15 (72-74), JBL D-140F (74-79), Electro Voice (79-81) or Gauss 15

Effects: Reverb, Tremolo
Watts: 100 or 135 watts
Tubes

  • Pre amp: 2 x 12AT7, 1 x 12AX7A, 3 x 7025
  • Power: 4 x 6L6GC

Bias: Fixed with Bias Pot.
Rectifier: Solid State

Comments: Fender switched back to the blackface era cosmetics some time in 1980. Vibrosonic Reverbs produced between late 1980 and 1981 have a black control panel and Black / White / Silver grille cloth. A Line Out jack, hum balance pot, and a pull boost sw. were added near the end of the models run.

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